Rebecca Petch

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Rebecca Petch
Personal information
Born (1998-07-09) 9 July 1998 (age 25)
Te Awamutu
Team information
Discipline BMX racing, Track cycling
RoleRider
Medal record
Women's track cycling
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Team sprint

Rebecca Petch (born 9 July 1998) is a New Zealand cyclist who competes in BMX Racing and track cycling. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's BMX race. [1]

From Te Awamutu, Petch started riding BMX aged 3. At the UCI BMX World Championships she came 15th at Rock Hill in 2017, she finished 11th in Baku in 2018, and 25th in Heusden-Zolder in 2019. [2]

On 17 June 2021, Petch was selected in her country's Olympic squad as New Zealand's sole BMX rider for the delayed Tokyo 2020 Summer Games. [3]

Petch was a gold medalist at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the Women’s Team sprint competition. [4]

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References

  1. "Cycling BMX Racing PETCH Rebecca - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  2. "Rebecca Petch". Cycling New Zealand. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  3. "Rebecca Petch overtakes her BMX inspiration to compete at Tokyo Olympics". Stuff. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  4. "Two golds in an hour! Kiwi cyclists go on Comm Games medal blitz".